Written from the Union earthen fort and depot at Johnsonville -"a new place, probably not on the map"- he speaks of drawing "250 lbs of Beef and 90 lbs bread" from the "Comisary" and being marched "into a large building built for a machine shop on...

Written by Sgt. Henry V. Wilson, this 2-column list of battles--from Fort Donelson and Shiloh in Tennessee to Raleigh and Durham Station in North Carolina--engaged in by his unit "under Generals Grant and Sherman during the great Rebellion of...

Writing from Camp Dale, Carolina City, N. C., Pvt. Webber, Co. G, 23rd Mass. Inf., USA, wrote his cousin to report that he was in good health and the weather had been nice. Webber was stationed at Bogue Island five miles from Fort Macon, and gave...

William Henry Palmer with his Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) medallion. Palmer was born November 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th...

W. M. Canada's application to a Confederate Veteran's Home from January 4, 1901. Canada presents proof of his service and wounds obtained during combat in the U. S. Civil War in service of the Confederacy. The application was rejected without...

Vietnamese man squatting down, holding vegetation he has just cut. He is wearing a white shirt with sunglasses tucked into the front, khaki pants, and a hat with a narrow brim. He is working at the Vung Chua Mountain base located just north of Qui...

Various size mortar rounds. Eight stone ordnance mortar rounds excavated about 30 or 40 feet from Morter and French's Battery. These were never used as there were no mortars at Fort Donelson. They were used at West Point as practice rounds.

United States. Army. Armored Division, 2nd; Wedding photograph of Clayton J. Mansfield and Elsie von Hof. Clipping with information about the photograph of Clayton Mansfield on the July 22, 1940, issue of Life magazine. Photograph of (L to R)...

Union bass drum with two drum sticks, one spur, a Civil War medal, and drum strap. It was used in Masonic parades after the war in Indiana. Written around the drum head are the names of the battles Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Stones River.